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Guernsey Coating Labs Now 100% Woman-Owned Small Business
Guernsey Coating Laboratories (GCL -www.gclinc.com) announces that Ty Guernsey, the co-founder since inception in 1982, has acquired the company, making GCL a 100 % woman-owned business. - June 11, 2014 - Guernsey Coating Laboratories (GCL)
Sea Hawk's New Hawk Epoxy Simplifies Fiberglass Repair
Sea Hawk Paints’ recently released epoxy system has a new name, logo and colorful label artwork. - June 09, 2014 - Sea Hawk Paints
Makrolon® RW Polycarbonate Grades from Bayer MaterialScience Provide High Light Reflection, Minimal Light Loss, Flame Resistance, and Molded-in Color
The business of lighting is changing rapidly. Because of its sustainability, LED lighting is gaining popularity in our living rooms and offices as well as the cars we drive. As lighting engineers and designers re-imagine energy-efficient lighting to meet this demand, they need cost-effective... - June 06, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
LEED-Certified Bayer India Headquarters Features High-Performance Polycarbonate Sheet from Bayer MaterialScience for Lighting Applications
Employees in the recently opened Bayer India headquarters need not worry about working in a well-lit room even when burning the midnight oil. Lighting fixtures made with Makrolon® Lumen XT polycarbonate sheets offer high light diffusion, transmission and optimal clarity, ideal for an office... - June 05, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Innovative Print Head Storage Fluid
A unique product is released for the Inkjet industry for printhead storage, flushing and transportation. It simplifies the process of fluid changeover in printheads, prevents them from drying out during a long-term storage, and increases the longevity of printheads. - May 30, 2014 - Digital Sign Technologies
New Intertronics Brochure – "Adhesives, Protective Materials and Processing Equipment for Medical Device Assembly"
Intertronics has issued a new brochure focussed on adhesives, protective materials and processing equipment for medical device assembly. - May 30, 2014 - Intertronics
Thermally Conductive Polycarbonate and Insulating Polyurethane from Bayer MaterialScience Improve Thermal Performance of Electronics
To prevent LED lighting from overheating, electronic component manufacturers often use a heat sink cast of a conductive metal alloy to manage the temperature of a device. Yet, heat sinks can require significant secondary assembly and a large number of sub-components – inadvertently slowing... - May 29, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Thermally Conductive Plastics by Bayer MaterialScience for LED Heat Sinks Reduce Lighting Costs, Increase Design Freedom
The LED lighting market is continuing to grow with energy-efficient LED technology poised to become a mainstay in residential and commercial lighting. A challenge the industry must overcome is the high price of LED lighting, especially for incandescent replacements, which remains a barrier for mass... - May 29, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
New Money-Saving 3D Printing Consumables by Canada Powder
New cost-effective 3D printing materials are hitting the market. Improved chemistry and great quality, these alternative consumables make durable models at the fraction of the cost of OEM materials. - May 23, 2014 - Digital Sign Technologies
Raw Materials from Bayer MaterialScience Help Coatings Protect and Enrich Architectural Surfaces
Architectural coatings for commercial and institutional applications have their own unique requirements for durability, design and meeting regulations. Coatings play an important role in not only preserving surfaces but also making them functional, beautiful and more sustainable. Bayer... - May 22, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Novagard Solutions Announces New Colors for NOVAFLEX Metal Roof Sealant
Novagard Solutions has announced today it is now offering four new standard colors to its broad line of NOVAFLEX Metal Roof Sealant expanding the total to 32 color choices. - May 19, 2014 - Novagard Solutions
High-Performing Polycarbonate Films from Bayer MaterialScience Meet Demands of Sophisticated Security and ID Card Market
Security and ID cards are becoming increasingly more sophisticated. But incorporating cutting-edge features requires high-performing materials that can meet the market’s demanding requirements. Bayer MaterialScience is one of the world’s leading suppliers of polycarbonate films for... - May 15, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
New CircuitWorks Conductive Greases from Intertronics
Intertronics has just launched a new CircuitWorks range of syringe packaged conductive greases which meet the needs of many electrical and/or thermal conductive applications. - May 15, 2014 - Intertronics
Bayer MaterialScience Presents High-Performance Polyurethanes for Tomorrow’s Textiles
The textiles industry is undergoing a dramatic change toward increased sustainability to address social and environmental challenges. Retailers and manufacturers have growing interest in textiles that are produced using processes and chemistries that are state-of-the-art with respect to minimizing... - May 15, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Give Your Cosmetic, Skin Care and Hair Care Formulations Star Appeal with Raw Materials from Bayer MaterialScience
As fashion meets function, consumers hold their hair care, skin care and cosmetic products to increasingly high standards. They desire hair products that provide strong hold, enabling them to create the latest styles, without stickiness. Cosmetics need to look good and be water resistant, allowing... - May 14, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Bayer MaterialScience Raw Materials for Coatings Offer Industrial Strength, Customizable Formulation
The industrial market is increasingly looking for high-performance, sustainable coatings to protect its assets. The versatility of ultraviolet- (UV) cured waterborne polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) from Bayer MaterialScience LLC is just one reason they are ideally suited for applications such as... - May 14, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Flame Control Coatings Announces Launch of Thermal Barrier Coating for Spray Polyurethane Foam
Flame Control Coatings has announced the launch for Flame Control 60-60A Thermal Barrier for Spray Polyurethane Foam. 60-60A is a thin film intumescent coating that will was tested to NFPA 286 standards. This coating is approved for use in spaces where building codes call for the spray foam insulation to be separated by a 15-minute thermal barrier. - May 07, 2014 - Flame Control Coatings
Making Material Considerations Stick in Automotive Lightweighting with Raw Materials from Bayer MaterialScience
Joining mixed materials is a significant challenge for automakers as they deploy new material combinations to help reduce vehicle component weight. Lightweight, multi-material vehicles require bonding technologies to handle a diverse material mix. Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed raw... - April 30, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Clear, High-Flow Polycarbonate from Bayer MaterialScience Provides Fast Color Recovery, Property Retention in Medical Devices
No one disputes that supply chains are fast today and the healthcare sector is no exception. To help handle the increasing number of patients visiting doctors or clinics, healthcare providers have decreased the lead time between sterilization and use in the clinic. While the color-recovery of... - April 30, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
SAPICI, Liberty Chemicals and Galactic Jointly Develop New Formulations of Water-based Paints for Wood Coating
The new formulations combine strong environmental sustainability and high technical characteristics. Final products for wood surfaces treatment without toxic emissions and performance aligned to the traditional coalescent-based formulations. - April 30, 2014 - SAPICI
Aculon NanoClear Stencil NanoCoating Solution for Stencils Wins NPI Award
Aculon, Inc’s innovative stencil nanocoating - NanoClear - utilizing Aculon’s repellent SAMP treatment has won the 2014 New Product Introduction (NPI) Award from Circuits Assembly in the Screen/Stencil Printing Pheripherals/Conusumables category. - April 29, 2014 - Aculon Inc
Students’ Robots Battle It Out in New Arena Made of Makrolon® Polycarbonate Sheet from Bayer MaterialScience
For years it’s been said that robots are the way of the future. In southwestern Pennsylvania, robots are helping to create a workforce development program for the future. The Southwestern Pennsylvania BotsIQ program strives to open high school students’ eyes to potential careers in the... - April 28, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Storefronts Shine Bright with Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonate Sheet for Channel Letters and Signage Applications
Companies are looking for a way to stand apart from the competition. Like a signpost in a strange land, channel letters and signage applications using polycarbonate sheet from Bayer MaterialScience LLC can help light up interest in a business and attract customers. Creating an eye-catching sign is... - April 25, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Intertronics Introduce New Phoseon FireEdge UV LED Cure Devices
The new environmentally friendly air cooled Phoseon FireEdge UV LED cure range from Intertronics targets the pinning and curing of adhesives, coatings and inks with high peak irradiance up to 5 W/cm2 and small form factor. - April 24, 2014 - Intertronics
Hernon Manufacturing Attends FIDAE Trade Exhibition in Chile
Central Florida adhesive and dispensing equipment manufacturer attends International Aerospace and Defense Fair in Latin America. - April 18, 2014 - Hernon Manufacturing
Low-VOC Formulations for Polyurethane Coatings from Bayer MaterialsScience Offer High-Performance Properties to Protect Diverse Surfaces
Productivity, sustainability and quality are key drivers in the coatings industry today. Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed raw materials and technologies that provide coating professionals high-performance solutions to protect diverse surfaces. Mike Jeffries, field technical service manager,... - April 09, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
High-Solids Polyurethane Dispersions from Bayer MaterialScience Offer Comfortable Feel, Improved Efficiency for Textile Coatings
For many years, polyurethane coatings have been applied to various fabrics to enhance their functionality, such as chemical and stain resistance, durability, and wind and waterproofness. Increasingly, textile companies are requesting resins with non-solvent formulations that offer high-performance... - April 09, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Bayer MaterialScience Wows with Inside Look at the Wonderful World of Coatings
Each and every coating application has its own requirements for design, durability and meeting regulations. From inside the homes where we live, to the vehicles we drive, the railcars that transport our goods, and the buildings in which we work, coatings play an important role in not only... - April 09, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
CircuitWorks Flux Dispensing Pens/Syringes and Flux Removal Pens from Intertronics
Flux dispensing pens/syringes and flux removal pens from Intertronics for electronic prototyping, rework and repair of circuit boards. - April 09, 2014 - Intertronics
Bayer MaterialScience Raw Materials Help Polyurethane Coatings with Improved Weatherability
When evaluating coatings for industrial maintenance applications, asset protection is a top priority. Yet, methods for re-creating real-world conditions in the lab, such as accelerated weathering, do not necessarily predict performance in the field. This is due to the difficulty in simulating... - April 07, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Novagard Solutions Announces the Introduction of Foam Fix® PVC Foam Products
In conjunction with the Gasketing Fabricators Association’s Gasketing/Converting Exposition in Orlando, Florida, Novagard Solutions has announced today the introduction of a newly redesigned single or double sided adhesive liner to PVC foam products under the product family name of Foam Fix. - April 03, 2014 - Novagard Solutions
New Flowplus Pressure Monitor from Intertronics Features Universal Luer-Lock System
The new Flowplus16 from Intertronics is a high precision fluid pressure monitor device designed to fit medical device criteria by including the standardised Luer-Lock connector system which enables equipment manufacturers to combine almost all related devices with each other, including syringes, drain tubes, infusion tubes, catheters, injection needles and similar. - March 27, 2014 - Intertronics
High-Performance Polyurea and Polyurethane Coatings from Bayer MaterialScience Deliver Fast Return to Service, Excellent Aesthetics, Durability
Building and construction professionals are looking for suitable materials that meet requirements for low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and offer high-performance properties. Bayer MaterialScience LLC has developed solutions for polyurethane and polyurea coatings based on its raw materials... - March 26, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
CircuitWorks® Silver and Nickel Conductive Pens from Intertronics Make Instant Conductive Tracks on Circuit Boards
The CircuitWorks® range of conductive ink pens from Intertronics instantly create silver or nickel conductive tracks on rigid or flexible circuit boards and will be of benefit to engineers and technicians in the electronic manufacturing and repair industries. - March 14, 2014 - Intertronics
Bayer MaterialScience Acquires Aniline Facility
Latest investment fully integrates Baytown facility along the MDI value chain, reinforces Bayer’s ongoing commitment to the North American polyurethane industry. - March 05, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Bayer MaterialScience's Low-VOC Waterborne Technology Enables Primer Coating with Excellent Adhesion
Successfully painting traditionally difficult-to-coat substrates used in a wide range of commercial and industrial applications is now much easier due to a Bayer MaterialScience LLC advance in waterborne primer coating raw material technology. Primers built on this new Bayer technology offer... - March 03, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Improved Performance of Low-VOC, 2K Waterborne Technology from Bayer MaterialScience Broadens Use
Tighter government regulations and consumer demand are driving interest for coatings that offer low volatile organic compounds (VOC) and lower odor. The challenge has been to make a low-VOC, low-odor paint system that offers the performance properties of a two-component solventborne polyurethane... - February 27, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Built for Safety: Impact-Resistant Makrolon Polycarbonate Sheet from Bayer MaterialScience Helps Protect Operators of Heavy-Duty Equipment
Tree limbs, rocks, mud or other debris are just a few of the dangers operators of heavy-duty equipment may face during a typical day at the “office.” Replacing glass operator cab windows with tough, durable polycarbonate glazing in construction, forestry, agricultural or other types of... - February 27, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
New Radiometer from Intertronics Simplifies Validating and Monitoring of Critical UV-Curing Processes
The new ACCU-CAL™ 150 from Intertronics is a simple to use radiometer which offers accurate, repeatable measurement of UV light, and simplifies both validation and monitoring of critical UV-curing processes. - February 27, 2014 - Intertronics
Illuminating a Path for High-Performance LED Lighting: Bayer MaterialScience Plastics Help Optimize Function and Benefits of LED Luminaires
The LED revolution is upon us. LED lighting is becoming the preferred lighting choice in nearly every setting, including where we live, work and play. Its success is driven by several factors: LED lighting appeals to consumers and other end users seeking a more energy-efficient lighting option... - February 27, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Bayer MaterialScience Material Innovations Help Improve Wound Care
Bayer MaterialScience LLC announces a polyurethane-based adhesive based on its Baymedix® A raw material is now available in the United States. Targeted for skin adherence in wound care and biosensor applications, this skin-friendly adhesive offers adjustable adhesive strengths,... - February 26, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
New Nautical Coatings Unveils New Epoxy System
Just launched into the world of boating maintenance is Sea Hawk’s new Hawk System, manufactured by Sea Hawk Paints, a division of New Nautical Coatings, Inc. It is a state-of-the-art system for building and repairing boats, planes, surfboards, canoes, and many other substrates. The Hawk... - February 26, 2014 - Sea Hawk Paints
Polycarbonate Materials from Bayer MaterialScience Ideal for a Wide Range of LED Lighting Needs
One-size-fits-all, standard lighting is a thing of the past. Instead, lighting today is available in every shape and size, giving consumers more choices than ever before. In addition to styling, consumers are also looking for lighting options that are durable and energy efficient, while serving a... - February 26, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Raw Materials from Bayer MaterialScience Help Rapid-Curing Polyaspartic Coatings Increase Productivity, Offer High Performance
Building and construction professionals want coatings that protect substrates such as metal and concrete without a time-consuming drying process that delays fabrication schedules. Rapid-curing polyaspartic coatings using Bayer MaterialScience LLC raw materials provide increased productivity while... - February 24, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
New UV Cure Optical Display Adhesives from Intertronics Offer Crystal Clear Non-Yellowing Bonds
These light-curable optical display bonding adhesives from Intertronics are designed for touch panel assembly including bonding flat panel displays, LCD screens, tablets, outdoor kiosks, navigation systems, liquid crystal displays, kiosk panels, mobile phones, and smart connected devices. - February 14, 2014 - Intertronics
New Bayer MaterialScience Polycarbonate Blend Packs a Protective Punch
Increased chemical resistance helps combat risk of hospital-acquired infections - February 13, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Quick Fix: Bone Fixation Device Utilizing High-Strength, Biocompatible Polycarbonate from Bayer Materialscience Helps Speed Patient Recovery
Medical device manufacturers are developing products that are less invasive, contribute to faster medical procedures and help speed patient recovery. To accomplish this, they are increasingly utilizing advanced, biocompatible thermoplastics in their medical devices. The Super Staple™... - February 13, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
High-Performance Polyurethane Coatings from Bayer MaterialScience Offer Numerous Advantages
Helping ensure workers maintain a safe and healthy work environment is among the key benefits of proper handling and use of polyurethane coatings. - February 12, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Just What the Doctor Ordered: Advanced Materials from Bayer MaterialScience Play Important Role in Bringing Lifesaving Medical Solutions to Market
Today, more than ever, people seem to always be on the move… reluctant to slow down, even when medical treatment is needed. Medical device original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) recognize this by developing products that will help patients get back on their feet more quickly, and by... - February 12, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Talk of the Town: Residential Garage Floor with Bayer Materialscience High Durability Polyaspartic Coating Has Neighbors Talking
Durable, aesthetically pleasing floor finishes with ultra-low VOCs offer minimal downtime and faster return to service - February 10, 2014 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC